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As I type this, it’s 8:44 am, and I just drove 30 minutes in
10 miles of pouring rain to start the week on 4 hours of sleep.
I went to bed about 11:30, but didn’t fall asleep until
nearly 1am—very unusual for me.Like an
overtightened bolt, I felt my corners round-off just a bit yesterday, the
torque warping my mind just too much to sleep.
There’s much to consider, globally, nationally, and within
my own hearth.Much I can do little
about.Globally, there keeps being more
of us, and our impact on the planet worsens by the year.Humans certainly seem less education, humane,
and trustworthy than we did even 10 years ago.Perhaps my eyes are just open to our own debauchery, my naiveté burned
away like so much slag from God’s refiner’s fire.
I can’t recall Donald Trump.I can’t unsay some of the things he’s said.I can generally watch in horror and pinch
myself every time I hear the phrase “President-Elect” attached to his name.
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